The Eel

うなぎ

1997·117'

Shōhei Imamura

DramaCrime

Japanese

Letterboxd TMDB #20506

A businessman kills his adulterous wife and is sent to prison. After his release, he opens a barbershop and meets new people, talking to almost no one except for an eel he befriended while in prison.

Cast

Koji Yakusho Takuro Yamashita Misa Shimizu Keiko Hattori Akira Emoto Tamotsu Takasaki Fujio Tokita Jiro Nakajima Mitsuko Baisho Misako Nakajima Show Aikawa Yuji Nozawa Ken Kobayashi Masaki Saito Sabu Kawahara Seitaro Misato Etsuko Ichihara Fumie Hattori Tomorowo Taguchi Eiji Dojima Chiho Terada Emiko Yamashita Sanshō Shinsui Doctor